Teapot, coffeepot, and the like



Jan. 2, 1923. 1,440,947. E. W. A B RA M.

TEAPOT, COFFEEPOT, AND THE LIKE.

FILED MAR. 31,1922

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TEAPOT, CGFFEEPOT, AND THE LIKE.

Application filed March 31, 1922 Serial No. 548,382.

To all whom it may 007106771.

Be it known that I, EDMUND VVILLIAM ABRAM, a British subject, residingat 3 Lansdowns Road, Holland Park, London, England, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Teapots, Coffeepots, and thelike, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in tea pots, coffee potsand the like, and it consists mainly in the combination with a tea,coffee or like pot provided at its upper front part with a spout whichhas a clear throughway, of a removable shut ter for retaining tea leavesor coffee or like grounds in the pot when an infusion prepared thereinis being poured out, the said shutter being attached to the lid andextending obliquely downwards across the upper part of the pot from thelid to the front wall of the pot below the spout and having formed in ita horizontal slot through which the infusion must pass to the outlet,the liquid flowing over the horizontal edge of the slot as over a weir.The invention comprises also constructional features hereinafterdescribed and set forth specifically in the appended claims.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:-

Fig. l is a sectional. elevation of a tea pot provided with a removableshutter formed integrally with its lid;

Fig. 2 is a section, at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1, of thesame pot without its lid, looking from the rear; and

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the combined lid and shutter shown in sectionin Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, A is the slotted shutter which constitutes theoutstanding characteristic feature of the invention. B is the lid, whichin this particular eonstruction is formed integrally with the saidshutter, C is the upwardly projecting spout of, the pot, and D is aledge on which the lower margin or edge of the shutter r w and whichserves also to retain the bulk of t. tea leaves in the lower portion ofthe pot when the infusion is being poured out.

In the shutter A, slots (4 are formed, through which the infusion passesin flowing to the spout, the said shutter being so shaped that its edgefits closely against the wall of the pot. Either or both edges of theslots a may be formed with serrations or corrugations to assist inintercepting tea leaves or the like, and lips at extending along thelower edges of the said slots may be formed on the inner face of theshutter to deflect tea leaves away from the slots when the pot is tiltedto pour out the infusion.

The lid 13 is preferably formed with a concavity as indicated at 7) toenable it to retain the heat better, and a projection or ledge (Z (shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1) may be formed on the wall of the p ot alittle above the ledge D so that the lower margin or edge of the shutterA may fit between the two ledges as in a groove or recess.

The spout C has a clear throughway so that the pot can be very readilycleaned and, as the ledge D only around the pot, tea leaves, ment can beeasily washed out through the aperture which is normally closed by thelid.

The pot may be made of any suitable material.

I claim 1. The combination with a tea. coffee or like pot provided atits upper front part with a spout which has a clear throughway, of aremovable shutter which is attached to the lid and extends obliquelydownwards across the upper part of the pot from the lid to the frontwall of the pot below the spout so that it shuts off that portion of thepot which is adjacent to the spout from the body portion, and in which ahorizontal slot is formed so that an infusion prepared in the pot mustflow through the slot, as over a weir, in passing to the spout.

2. In a tea, coffee or like pot provided at its upper part with a spoutwhich has a clear throughway, means for retaining leaves or grounds inthe pot when an infusion prepared therein is being poured out,consisting in combination of an inwardly projecting ledge formed on thewall of the pot some distance below the spout, a removable shutter whichis adapted to be inserted through an aperture in the top of the pot andto shut oif the portion of the pot which is above the said ledge anddirectly under the spout from the body portion in which the infusion isprepared. and a horizontal slot formed in the said shutter through whichthe infusion flows to the spout.

3. In a. tea, coffee or like pot having a spout which projects upwardsfrom the top extends partly grounds or sedi- .LOO

of the pot and has a clear thrtmghn'ay, means for retainii'ig leaves orgrounds in the pot when an infusion prepared therein is being pouredout, consisting in combination of an inwardly projecting ledge formed onthe wall of the pot some distance beloW the spout, a removable shutterwhich is adapted to be inserted throughanaperture in the top of the potand to shut off that imrtion of; the pot which is above the said 10ledge from the body portion in which the infusion is prepared, ahorizontal slot formed in the said shutter, and an inwardly projectinglip formed on the said Shutter andextending along the lower edge of the15 said slot.

